"With all the strife in the world, this explainable incident does not merit so much attention," she wrote on Instagram.

Singer Patti Smith told The Associated Press by phone that she was fine after collapsing during a presentation in Brazil.

Patti Smith collapsed onstage while performing in Brazil on Wednesday, Jan. 29. She later told fans she was "absolutely fine."

Neymar has confirmed he will sign what is expected to be a short-term contract with his boyhood club, Santos, as the Brazil striker aims to recharge his career ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

(Reuters) -Brazil forward Neymar will return to his boyhood club Santos from Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal, he posted on social media on Thursday. Neymar, 32, joined Al-Hilal from Paris St Germain for a reported 90 million euros ($93.

NEYMAR HAS confirmed his return to his first club Santos, saying he had wished the move “to come true for a long time”. With the official announcement expected on Friday, the 32-year-old Brazil international — still the world’s most expensive footballer after his £200 million (€239 million) move to Paris St Germain in 2017 — said he could not “hold it until tomorrow”.

Brazil's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points for the second straight meeting on Wednesday and signaled another hike of that size in March, leaving the door open for subsequent moves amid mounting inflationary pressures.

Gabriel Galipolo will chair his first interest rate decision as Brazil’s central bank governor on Wednesday with a clear, well-known mission: the board he now presides will raise the benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point for the second straight meeting.

Brazil's central bank on Wednesday hiked its key interest rate to 13.25 percent in more bad news for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government, which is struggling to